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Museum of Craft and Design Appoints Nora Atkinson as Executive Director

January 17, 2024

San Francisco, CA– The Board of Directors of the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nora Atkinson as its new Executive Director. Co-founder…

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Museum of Craft and Design celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2024

January 8, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 8, 2024)– Kicking off 2024, the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) is celebrating its 20th Anniversary exploring the creative process and current perspectives in craft…

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Mr. Roboto

February 24–June 30, 2024

San Francisco (December 12, 2023)– The Museum of Craft and Design is pleased to announce the opening of Mr. Roboto on February 24, 2024. Guest curated by Virginia San Fratello and Eleanor Pries, Mr….

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Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest opens at the Museum of Craft and Design in 2024.

February 24–June 30, 2024

San Francisco (November 14, 2023)– The Museum of Craft and Design is pleased to announce Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest opening on February 24, 2024….

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Designing Peace debuts on the West Coast at the Museum of Craft and Design

October 7, 2023–February 4, 2024

An exhibition organized by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum that explores the unique role design can play in pursuing peace

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Museum of Craft and Design Cofounder and Executive Director to Retire in 2024

May 23, 2023

The Museum of Craft and Design announces that its cofounder and executive director, JoAnn Edwards, will retire in 2024 after over twenty years at the helm of the institution. In 2013, Ms. Edwards secured the museum’s permanent home in the historic Dogpatch community, making MCD a pioneering cultural hub for this now, vital area.

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Existing as a record of time, Anne Hicks Siberell’s 100 concrete journals capture over four decades of the artist’s life.

April 15–September 10, 2023

Among many other projects parallel to book-making and writing, Siberell has been a visual diarist since the 1970s. Her Concrete Journals series exist as a record of time, collaging elements of the artist’s life and encasing them in concrete. Curated by Ariel Zaccheo, this exhibition features a collection of approximately 100 of Siberell’s concrete journals.

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Museum of Craft and Design examines the Bay Area Arts ecosystem through the artwork and stories of 23 Bay Area artists.

April 15–September 10, 2023

A timely examination of the Bay Area arts ecosystem, this exhibition features 23 Bay Area artists who have stuck it out during the crises of our times: a pandemic, gentrification, high cost of living, limited access to resources, insurrection, and racist, xenophobic, and transphobic violence. Their responses are evident in their artworks. From them, we get a sense of what it takes to make it in the Bay Area now.

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Announcing Kara Owens as MCD’s Associate Director

January 10, 2023

The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) is pleased to announce Kara Owens as its new Associate Director. Owens will be vital in helping MCD continue to build a culture of innovation, inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, and philanthropy. With over twenty years of experience in the arts, culture, and social justice sectors, Owens brings outstanding leadership skills, grantmaking experience, and project management to MCD.

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Bull.Miletic: Proxistant Vision transforms MCD November

November 19, 2022–March 19, 2023

San Francisco (September 17, 2022)–The Museum of Craft and Design is thrilled to present the premiere of Bull.Miletic: Proxistant Vision, on view from November 19, 2022 to March 19, 2023,…

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